Belinda Luscombe

Belinda Luscombe, an editor-at-large of TIME, writes about the science, economy and insanity of relationships—those conducted at home, work or in cyberspace. Since lots of movies, books and TV shows and gossip are about the same thing, she also writes about those. Luscombe has worked at TIME since 1995, after moving to New York City from Sydney.

Apparently, the Swedes take their D-I-Y very seriously, and not just for oddly named furniture. A new mother from Sundsvall in Northern Sweden called her local newspaper to complain after she was asked to clean out her own …

Anne and her husband Johannes Bulko, who have a 2-year-old son, Olvar, share one job — packer in a drug supply firm. They work alternate weeks. The spouse who’s not working stays at home with Olvar and takes correspondence …

President Obama took a little flak when it was announced this week that he’d be penning an illustrated kids book, called Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters. Wags suggested, among other things, that perhaps the leader of the …

Kids getting older younger — KGOY, as it’s known — is not just a cultural phenomenon. Girls are literally hitting puberty at a younger age, and alarming the health community, since early onset puberty is often associated with …

According to a new study by the Journal of Abdominal Obsession, um, I mean, Men’s Health magazine, Indianapolis is the most sexually satisfied city in America. Followed by two cities in Ohio and another city in Indiana.

What makes a family? Do pets count? Same sex couples? Unmarried heterosexual couples? Anybody who lives together? According to a new book out Sept. 15, more Americans think pets count as family members (51%) than same-sex couples …

Several years ago when Jeffrey Katzenberg was doing his full-throttle media tour to sing the praises of 3D cinema, a couple of journalists in the audience had the same question in mind: what does this mean for pornography?

School days are here for pretty much the whole country now. This means hundreds of thousands of parents have just gone from zero to 60 in about two early morning hours, especially if summer was spent somewhat indolently, as mine …

The lights go down, the music cranks up and Jasmine struts down the runway, wearing nothing but a teensy shiny orange bikini and a smile. At the end of the catwalk she pauses and poses as cameras flash. It’s just like any other …

Young male CEOs’ hormones sometimes get the better of their economic reasoning. Especially around the issues of merging and acquiring. So more companies should have women CEOs. At least that’s the way we’re reading a new …